T’is nearly the season for all the annual leave forms to come flooding in, tra la la la la la la la la.  OK, not everyone wants to take time off at Christmas time but now is a good time as any to have a serious chat about annual leave and what sorts of considerations […]

An employee has just approached you with a request to ‘cash out’ a portion of their annual leave.  Roger doesn’t want to take the time off – he just wants the cold, hard cash in this instance.  He’s got seven weeks up his sleeve and he’s requested to cash out one week of his accrued […]

In our last blog, we talked about the changes coming to casual employment as of 26th August this year.   This time, we are taking a look at one of the key elements of casual employment that underpins the definition and will assist you when assessing an application from an employee who wishes to convert from […]

For those businesses wanting, or requiring, casual employees as a part of their workforce, more changes have been made as a part of the Closing the Loopholes no. 2  legislation that has now passed through Federal Parliament.  The changes impacting how we look at ‘casual employment’ take effect on 26 August 2024 so let’s look […]

A key factor in determining business budgets for the new financial year is determining what your payroll costs will look like for the coming twelve months.  This year, we are in the fortunate position of receiving an early announcement from the Fair Work Commission as to their decision on the annual Minimum Wage Review.  There […]

One fine Tuesday morning, during the busiest time of year for your business, Jeremy doesn’t show up for work.  He’s normally a little tardy so no real concern.  But now he’s thirty minutes late and it’s more than annoying, you are getting a little concerned.  There’s been no phone call, email, or SMS message to […]

Within the media, there has been a lot of talk about the Right to Disconnect legislation. With sensational headlines abounding, it would be fair to think that any and all after hours communications with employees will be completely out of bounds once this legislation goes live. That is not actually the case so let’s take […]

As we slip into cooler mornings that come with Autumn and can more readily justify the scoffing of hot cross buns, it’s important to remember that there are a number of public holidays that can impact your business planning.  We’ve got Easter and not long afterwards is ANZAC Day so to take some pressure off […]

It is very likely that you have heard talk of the ‘Closing the Loopholes’ legislation – the most recent Federal Government initiative designed to reform workplace law.  A key piece of the legislation that passed recently relates to new definitions for ‘employee’ and ‘employer’ and how this is important in how it relates to determining […]

We need to talk about positive duty and how it relates to sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace.  It is one of those subjects that we all would prefer not to think about.   It is a little overwhelming and we all tend to pop it in the too hard basket but overwhelming or not, […]